Popular Film Review Network "Samurai of Yellow Sand" film review

Beaulah 2022-02-07 14:56:45

Watching this "Warrior of Yellow Sand", there is a strange feeling throughout the entire viewing process, that is, the scenery of this film is beautiful and dreamy, while the characters are sloppy and dirty.

I have rarely seen this kind of film. The director seems to completely ignore the rationality and even the connotation of the storyline. He has no intention of telling the story or doing other things, and all his energy is on the special effects screen: the vast desert, the glaciers, the bright and beautiful Moonlight, flower dance in the sky, many scenes are done grand and delicate, beautiful and beautiful; many picture effects are heartbreakingly beautiful, beautiful to the point of distortion; especially those long yellows of the male protagonist (played by Jang Dong Gun). The sand background renders the rich poetry of the frontier fortresses of the Tang Dynasty in China with a "long river setting sun".

I have rarely seen this kind of film. The director seems to completely disregard the image of the actor, and even deliberately spoil the image of the actor. The group of Americans in the film, whether it is the alcoholic gunman played by Geoffrey Rush with half of his ragged buttocks exposed, or the gang leader played by Danny Hurston with his face disfigured from the beginning, no matter what. Is it male or female, good or bad, including the heroine (played by Kate Bosworth), one is more sloppy and one is filthier in image, and the slightly cleaner male protagonist has a different expression. Too simple, in addition to being dumb, it's still dumb -- in my impression, only the super cute little loli has not been damaged, and her face has always been white and clean, so everyone loves it.

This is an American Western film directed by a Korean and starring a Korean. It is about a Japanese samurai who wants to retire from the rivers and lakes (judging from the weapons used, it is more likely to be a Chinese swordsman), in the western United States The small town and the American gang, of course, there are also stories of bloody killings by the hunter group from the East, and it indicates that the film origin is New Zealand, because it is a stunt done by the famous New Zealand Weta studio. It is rare that the magical hands of Weta CG engineers create a beautiful and dreamy visual wonder of the film, and at the same time, it seems to make the sloppy and dirty people in the film even more sloppy and filthy.

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  • Deja 2022-03-26 09:01:13

    Imitation western movie, vivid, classical music + waltz, Jang Dong Gun + Dillon, the film can see the end because of the child's lens.

  • Kenny 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    On martial arts, only the Chinese can make good films. The rest of the Asian countries... If there is no Chinese martial arts instructor, it really doesn't look good... But Jang Dong Gun still has acting skills, plus one star~~

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